Amber Ruffin

Biography

Career Overview

Amber Ruffin has 21 screen credits in a career dating back to 1997. Signature works include Have I Got News for You, Black ASSSSCAT!: DCM '26, The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

21

Birth Date

1979-01-09 00:00:00

Birth Place

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Known For

• 

  Have I Got News for You
• 

  Black ASSSSCAT!: DCM '26
• 

  The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special
• Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
• 

  2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
• 

  It's Dorothy!

Frequent Collaborators

• Roy Wood Jr. (2 collaborations)
• Kevin Hart (2 collaborations)
• Michael Ian Black (1 collaborations)
• X Mayo (1 collaborations)
• Jacquis Neal (1 collaborations)
• Mike Poole (1 collaborations)
• Sydney Duncan (1 collaborations)
• Yazmin Monet Watkins (1 collaborations)
• Ray Cordova (1 collaborations)
• James III (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (19 credits)

  • Black ASSSSCAT!: DCM '26

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • It's Dorothy!

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Have I Got News for You

    Self - Team Captain

    actor

    actors

    - March 28, 2026: Kara Swisher, Nish Kumar (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - March 21, 2026: Ari Shapiro, Hari Kondabolu (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - March 14, 2026: Ophira Eisenberg, Moshe Kasher (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - March 7, 2026: Gianmarco Soresi, Jenny Hagel (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors

    - February 28, 2026: Bomani Jones, Julia Ioffe (2026) ... Self - Team Captain actor actors
    2024
  • Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • 2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    - Property Brothers, Amber Ruffin (2022) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2022
  • Girls5eva

    - Leave a Message If You Love Me (2022) ... T.K. actor actors
    2021
  • Central Park

    - Fista Puffs Mets Out Justice (2021) ... Shauna (voice) actor actors
    2020
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    - Steve Carell; Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster and Charly Clive; Amber Ruffin (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - Pink & Kerry Kenney-Silver/Sterling K. Brown/Amber Ruffin/Emily Kaufman/Alison Sweeney/Freya Skye (2026) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Leanne Morgan/Lance Bass/Kid Ace/Amber Ruffin (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Christian Slater, Amber Ruffin (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Joel McHale, Amber Ruffin (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2019
  • Tamron Hall

    - Seth Meyers & Amber Ruffin (2022) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Ashley Tisdale, Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey Lamar, Marlee Matlin (2021) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2019
  • Detroiters

    - Farmer Zack (2018) ... Molly actor actors

    - Happy Birthday Mr. Duvet (2017) ... Molly actor actors
    2017
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    - Will Ferrell, Amber Ruffin (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2015
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    - Molly Shannon, Jake Johnson (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - Anna Faris, P!NK, Ann Patchett (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - Pedro Pascal, Billy Eichner, Jill Kargman (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - Jim Parsons, Alana Haim, Chris Fleming (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - Nicolle Wallace, Rebecca Ferguson, Joe Santagato & Frank Alvarez (2026) ... Self actor actors
    2014
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    - April 14, 2024: Medicaid (2024) ... Mom actor actors
    2014
  • Key & Peele

    - Gangsta Standoff (2012) ... Party Wife actor actors
    2012
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    - Marlon Wayans and Amber Ruffin (2021) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Amber Ruffin & Busy Philipps (2021) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Amber Ruffin & Ja Rule (2019) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2009
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    - Jane Lynch, Amber Ruffin, Weightlifter Tamara Walcott (2021) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2003
  • The View

    - Episode 107 (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - Amber Ruffin, Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones (2022) ... Self - Guest Co-Host actor actors

    - Amber Ruffin, Magic Johnson (2022) ... Self - Guest Co-Host actor actors

    - Amber Ruffin, Viola Davis (2022) ... Self - Guest Co-Host actor actors

    - Amber Ruffin, Jesse Tyler Ferguson (2022) ... Self - Guest Co-Host actor actors
    1997

• writing (1 credits)

  • The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special

    writer

    writing
    2024

• crew (1 credits)

  • Late Night

    thanks

    crew
    2019